1998

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David Trimble was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with John Hume, for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. David Trimble Full name: David TrimbleBorn: 15 October 1944, Belfast, Northern IrelandDied: 25 July 2022, Belfast, Northern IrelandDate awarded: 16 October 1998 Protestant skilled at compromise David Trimble, leader of…

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John Hume was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with David Trimble, for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. John Hume Full name: John HumeBorn: 18 January 1937, Londonderry, Northern IrelandDied: 3 August 2020, Londonderry, Northern IrelandDate awarded: 16 October 1998 Civil rights advocate and European Parliament member During…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been elected by my co-winners in Physics to propose to you a version of Mark Twain’s famous toast to babies, for babies are the first contact most of us have with real physics and thus an important component of the Nobel Prize…

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